Echo of Moscow - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Echo of Moscow, Radio station

Incident date: April 1, 2020

Attack type:

Defamation, spreading libel about a media worker or media outlet

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov criticized Echo of Moscow for its interview with Mikhail Khodorkovsky: «I'm actually against giving airtime to fugitives. He is being legally persecuted, after all».

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